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— OffStumped For All Things Right of Center, Bringing a Right of Centre Reality Check to Indian Politics, News Media Reporting and Opinion now in Hindi अब आप के लिये हिंदी मे. —   Shveta Chhatra – A Right of Center Retrospective on the Constituent Assembly Debates on Presidential versus Parliamentary form of Government So how […]
Greg Lake was the L in ELP (Emerson Lake And Palmer)! Here we are, many years later, and Greg is still going strong. ELP were a driving and dedicated force in the prog rock movement of the 70’s. Maybe they could even be lauded as the pioneers, often they were more creative than even Pink […]
This is a book that I really don’t know where to start with. Although by his own admission the first draft was slammed together in only 6 weeks, it is exceedingly well written, either Gerrie Hugo is a master of the art, or else he employed a superb editor. Africa Will Always Break Your Heart […]
Rumsfeld’s shameful legacy, democracy at risk in Asia, and other observations… By Jefferson Flanders With a tip of the cap to legendary New York newspaperman Jimmy Cannon, nobody asked me, but… DONALD RUMSFELD’S SHAMEFUL LEGACY at the Defense Department is spotlighted in Seymour Hersh’s New Yorker article “The General’s Report.” Hersh’s piece is based on […]
When I heard a bunch of doctors were involved in the UK terror attacks, my initial take was: “it’s the visa, stupid”. Doctors and caregivers are not as tightly screened as ordinary students, since I guess they figure that altruism is not compatible with murder. Western countries need doctors. They don’t train enough of them, […]
About a week ago, Vatican bureaucrats issued the “Ten commandments of the road”. Well, duh. One blog I read wondered what the “average” Catholic thought of them, and I commented: we don’t think of them at all. The dirty little secret is that the Vatican bureaucracy is full of people who rverify the truth of […]
To celebrate the July 31 release of 300 on DVD, fans can enter for a chance to win two trips to Comic-Con and compete for a set visit to Watchmen , the new film from director Zack Snyder Burbank, CA, June 21, 2007 – Warner Home Video (WHV) announced today the launch of www.JoinThe300.com , […]
After visiting some wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Center today, President Bush took two questions from the media about his decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby.
Recently my daughter and I were watching her second favorite movie, The Sandlot 3. (Her favorite movie is The Sandlot 1). The movie is the story of arrogant baseball star Tommy “Santa” Santorelli who (warning: plot spoiler ahead) travels back in time to 1976 and relives his boyhood days on the sandlot baseball team. This […]
Several of you sent me this amazing story–Court ordered payout 30 years after divorce. Get this: Dennis North gets married and has three kids. His wife cheats on him and they get divorced. Dennis buys her a house and investments as part of the divorce settlement, and raises the three kids himself. Later, he pays […]
 I’m a big fan of Mr. Donald Trump. This man arrived in the world with a golden spoon and has made himself larger. He has entertained us all with his life. He stays in there when things go wrong and does most things right. His mantras have become the American way and he is a […]
Every great ghost story starts with a great setting. Author Nancetta Liles must have been aware of this when constructing the elegant and eerie North Carolina mansion in her supernatural novel, Flint House. This smart, interesting, and well-detailed novel offers something for nearly every genre, respectfully honoring the telling of a classic ghost story without […]
So what were those doctors involved in the bomb attacks in London and Glasgow thinking when they took the Hippocratic oath a few years ago? That’s the solemn pledge taken by those about to practice medicine, embodying a standard of medical ethics. It begins, “First, do no harm.” The Washington Post revealed today that seven of […]
Hartwood Mansion is a popular tourist attraction in Pittsburgh. Built in 1929 as a Tudor, Elizabethan style, the 31-room mansion sits on a 629-acre park. It was originally owned by John and Mary Lawrence. Mary was the daughter of Senator William Flinn who owned the city’s largest construction firm. In 1969, she sold the mansion […]
About 2.5 million Americans die each year. However, a recent study has shown that people living in Nevada have a higher rate of suicide, are more likely to die young, of substance abuse, and specific chronic illnesses than the national average according to the Las Vegas Sun. Nevada is said to have the 12th highest […]
Last Thursday, the polls closed for voting for the 2007 Major League Baseball All Star Game at 11:59p.m. ET. In total, 18.5 million ballots were counted with 11.8 million of them being cast online. Three million of these ballots were filled in the final 48 hours of voting. Yesterday, the winners of the polls were […]
Interesting picture about consumer protection, courtesy of Flickr. In the past couple of months, we’ve seen some alarming stories about dangerous products coming from China. Dirk Lammers of the Associated Press wrote: Poisoned pet food. Seafood laced with potentially dangerous antibiotics. Toothpaste tainted with an ingredient in antifreeze. Tires missing a key safety component. U.S. […]
From The Gathering Storm Blog The Jamestown Foundation illustrates a new and more organized version of electronic jihad. Hat tip to MetaSecurity. The name of the article from the Jamestown Foundation is ‘Forum Users Improve Electronic Jihad Technology’. A previous issue of Terrorism Focus exposed a jihadi website dedicated solely to cyber attacks against websites […]
“No disguising a summer blockbuster” _ Transformers _ Title: Transformers  Transformers. Definitely more than meets the eye. At first glance this seems like the most over budget, special effects laden, poster child for unbelievable films ever. And true it is all of those things. Yet there are many elements in here that elevate it […]
The day of celebration of the independence of our great country is once again at hand… for those of us who can remember what it’s all about, that is. As former Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan, William Bennett, has commented, this country is on the verge of a national amnesia about our own history. […]
There are lots of good reasons to ride a bike in Berlin. Especially in this day and age, you know, as in today. But thank goodness the Berlin Senate accidentally thought ahead for once a few years back and decided that 15% of the city’s traffic should be comprised of bikes by the year 2010. […]
The Beau Brummels 1975 reunion album is reissued and completely re-mastered on Collectors’ Choice Music with extensive liner notes by Richie Unterberger. The eponymous Beau Brummels LP, documenting their short-lived reunion is slated for release on July 17th. The Beau Brummels are known for their Sly Stone produced 1965 hit “Laugh Laugh†and their top […]
The Brazilian government announced an investment plan worth over $1.5 billion (USD) to improve living conditions in Rio De Janeiro’s shantytowns. The police has stepped up police presence over the last 3 months, mounting operations which have left several dead and many very angry. The shantytowns, or favelas, were created as large populations of Brazil’s […]
Following is from the ACLU: “We are disappointed that today’s decision rejected the Seattle and Louisville plans. A majority of the Court nonetheless recognized that school districts have a compelling interest in racially diverse public schools. The view of Chief Justice Roberts that local school districts lack a compelling interest in racial diversity was emphatically […]
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